batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l7167-l7255
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record_id: batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l7167-l7255
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE
LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7167-7255
start: '7167'
end: '7255'
translation: The Aeneid of Virgil
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Latin envoys ask Aeneas for leave to bury their dead. Aeneas grants the
request, blames the war on a broken covenant and Turnus, and a twelve-day truce
follows. News of Pallas' death reaches Evander, who laments his son and asks that
Turnus be treated as a debt owed to father and son. Aeneas and Tarchon build funeral
pyres on the shore; mourners circle the pyres, wail, cast spoils and gifts into
the fire, sacrifice animals, and remain by the burning comrades until night.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Latin envoys arrive carrying wreathed olive boughs and ask that the dead lying
on the plain be returned for burial.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Aeneas grants the Latin envoys' request for the burial of the dead.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Aeneas says the Latin king broke the covenant and trusted Turnus' arms.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Aeneas instructs the Latins to kindle fire beneath their dead countrymen.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Drances praises Aeneas' goodness and martial renown, and the Latins assent
to his words.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A twelve-day truce is made, during which Teucrians and Latins mingle unharmed
on forest heights.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Trees including ash, pine, oak, cedar, and mountain-ash are cut, split, and
hauled on wagons.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Rumour brings news of Pallas' death to Evander's house and city, and Arcadians
come with funeral torches.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Evander embraces Pallas' bier and laments that he has survived his child.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Evander asks that Aeneas remember Turnus as a debt claimed by Pallas and his
father.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Aeneas and Tarchon build pyres on the winding shore, and kin bring bodies
to them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Armed mourners circle the blazing funeral piles three times and utter laments.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Spoils, weapons, shields, and other gifts are thrown into the funeral fire.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: Oxen, swine, and cattle are sacrificed over the funeral flames.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: Mourners remain by the shore watching the burning comrades until night.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Aeneas
description: Trojan leader who grants burial leave, speaks about the broken covenant,
and later builds pyres.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Latin envoys
description: Envoys from the Latin city carrying olive boughs and requesting burial
for the dead.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Latins
description: People on the opposing side who assent to Drances' words and mingle
unharmed with Teucrians during the truce.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Turnus
description: War leader named by Aeneas as the one trusted by the Latin king, and
later named by Evander as the debt owed after Pallas' death.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Drances
description: An aged Latin speaker and accuser of Turnus who praises Aeneas and
proposes reconciliation with Latinus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Teucrians / Trojans / Phrygians
description: Aeneas' people, who are mentioned as allies, mourners, and funeral
participants.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Evander
description: Father of Pallas who receives news of the death, comes to the bier,
and laments over his son.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Pallas
description: Dead son of Evander, borne on a bier and mourned as one who fell in
battle.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Arcadians
description: Evander's people, who stream to the gates and take funeral torches
according to ancient custom.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Tarchon
description: Leader named with Aeneas as a builder of funeral pyres on the shore.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Dead combatants / kin / comrades
description: Bodies of the slain for whom burial, pyres, offerings, and mourning
are performed.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: King Latinus
description: Latin king whom Aeneas says broke the covenant, and whom Drances hopes
to reconcile with Aeneas.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: grantor of burial leave
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Aeneas courteously grants the envoys' request to restore the dead for burial.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: supplicants for the dead
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The envoys carry olive boughs and pray for the return of the dead to the
grave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: truce participants
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
basis: Latins and Teucrians mingle unharmed during the twelve-day truce.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: opposing champion and target of vengeance
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Aeneas says Turnus should have faced him, and Evander names Turnus as the
debt claimed for Pallas' death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: mediating Latin speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Drances answers Aeneas, praises him, and says the Latins will try to reconcile
him with Latinus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: funeral rite participants
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: These figures or groups participate in the procession, mourning, or building
of the pyres.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: bereaved father
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Evander embraces Pallas and laments surviving his child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: honored dead
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:11
basis: Pallas and the dead comrades are mourned, carried, and given funeral rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: covenant-breaking ruler named in speech
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Aeneas says the king broke the covenant and trusted Turnus' arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: olive boughs of supplication
literal_form: wreathed boughs of olive carried by envoys
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: grave for the slain
literal_form: earthy grave requested for the dead
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: funeral fire
literal_form: torches, pyres, flames, and dark fire beneath the dead
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: felled trees and pyre timber
literal_form: ash, pine, oak, cedar, and mountain-ash cut and hauled
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: funerary spoils and gifts
literal_form: helmets, swords, bridles, chariot wheels, shields, and weapons cast
into the fire
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: sacrificial animals
literal_form: oxen, bristly swine, and cattle slaughtered over the flames
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: winding shore
literal_form: shore where the pyres are built and watched
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Envoys request burial and Aeneas grants leave
summary: Latin envoys approach with olive boughs to ask for the return of the dead.
Aeneas grants the request and states that the Latin king broke the covenant by
trusting Turnus.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Truce and preparation of timber
summary: Drances praises Aeneas and the Latins assent. A twelve-day truce is arranged,
during which Latins and Teucrians mingle unharmed while timber is cut and hauled.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Evander receives Pallas' body and laments
summary: Rumour brings the news of Pallas' death. Arcadians come with funeral torches,
the procession arrives, and Evander embraces Pallas' bier and laments that he
has survived his child.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Funeral pyres and rites on the shore
summary: Aeneas and Tarchon build pyres on the shore. Bodies are brought by kin,
fires are lit, mourners circle the pyres, cast spoils and gifts into the flames,
sacrifice animals, and watch the burning comrades until night.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Supplication for burial of the war dead
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Envoys carrying olive boughs ask that the dead be restored for burial, and
Aeneas grants the request.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level ritual and diplomatic pattern; no supplied taxonomy
family directly names it.
- id: motif:2
label: Broken covenant as cause of war
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Aeneas states that he did not wage war by choice against the people and that
the king broke the covenant by relying on Turnus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports Aeneas' accusation; it does not narrate the original
covenant event.
- id: motif:3
label: Temporary truce between enemies for funeral rites
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A twelve-day truce is struck, and Teucrians and Latins mingle unharmed after
Aeneas grants burial leave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The truce is specifically tied to treatment of the dead in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Bereaved father mourning a fallen son
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Evander embraces Pallas, laments the son's first battle and untimely death,
and says he has survived his child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is familial and heroic rather than directly matched to a supplied
divine-parent taxonomy item.
- id: motif:5
label: Vengeance debt for a slain child
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Evander instructs messengers to tell Aeneas that Turnus is the debt claimed
by son and father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage expresses the demand but does not yet narrate its fulfillment.
- id: motif:6
label: Cremation pyre with offerings, circumambulation, and lament
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Funeral pyres are built, mourners circle them three times, wail, cast spoils
and gifts into the fire, and sacrifice animals over the flames.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy supports sacrifice, while the full funeral complex
is broader than that single label.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7167-7173
quote_or_summary: Envoys from the Latin city arrive with wreathed olive boughs and
ask Aeneas to return the dead lying on the plain so they may go to the grave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7173-7192
quote_or_summary: Aeneas grants the request, says the Latin king broke the covenant
and trusted Turnus, says Turnus should have faced death himself, and tells them
to kindle fire beneath their countrymen.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7192-7210
quote_or_summary: Drances praises Aeneas, promises to carry his words to the Latin
city, hopes to reconcile him with Latinus, and all assent; a twelve-day truce
is made and Latins and Teucrians mingle unharmed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7210-7215
quote_or_summary: 'Forest trees are felled, split, and hauled: ash, pines, oak,
cedar, and mountain-ash.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7216-7226
quote_or_summary: Rumour carries news of the heavy woe to Evander; Arcadians take
funeral torches, the road gleams with flame, Phrygians meet them, and matrons
wail.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7226-7262
quote_or_summary: Evander comes to the bier, clasps Pallas with tears, laments the
son's reckless first battle, says he has survived his child, does not blame the
Teucrians or treaty, and asks that Turnus be treated as the debt claimed by father
and son.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7263-7270
quote_or_summary: At dawn Aeneas and Tarchon build pyres on the winding shore; each
person brings bodies of kin, and dark fire and smoke rise from the pyres.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7270-7275
quote_or_summary: Armed mourners march three times around the blazing piles, circle
the death-fire on horseback, wail, shed tears, and sound trumpets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 7275-7283
quote_or_summary: Some throw Latin spoils and familiar gifts onto the fire, including
helmets, swords, bridles, chariot wheels, shields, and weapons; oxen, swine, and
cattle are slaughtered over the flames.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 7283-7288
quote_or_summary: Mourners crowd the shore, watch the burning comrades, guard the
pyre embers, and remain until night comes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the provided passage. Motif labeling is cautious
because several patterns are ritual or narrative motifs not directly represented
in the supplied taxonomy list. No comparison claims were added because the passage
does not itself support external comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
The provided passage locator says lines 7167-7255, but the supplied passage text continues beyond the internal bracketed page/line marker range into the funeral pyre scene; evidence locators use approximate passage-relative line spans based on the supplied text.
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